Accidental Trouble Magnet: Book 1 (Planet Omar)

i never feel complelled to write a book review but for this one I will type away. One reason, is to enccourage you parents out there to pick up this book and read with your yuong ones. You will all laugh young, old and elders. I read the book with my 5 and 7 years old. we all took part reading out loud with grandparents arround who enjoyed it with us. Second, it is a multi layered book with messages that children will get, think about and ask. Being a muslim brought up in the west and now a muslim parent in the west, finding this book was like finding a gym that speaks our language and understands our circumstances. In many parts of the book we would stop and one of us would say "that happened to me". It is very relatable. Third, and most importantly, it was light and fun enccouraging my kids to wait eagrly for Planet Omar reading time. We read it in 1 week but made it a family fun time where my mum brewed the coffee and brought out the cookies. I highly reccomend this book if you have children, interested to know how funnly normal muslim families can be or if you just want to laugh and don't mind the innocent silliness of children.

My son loves this book so much. He could relate to the character so much. He kept telling me the character Omar is like him in so many ways.He found the book so interesting and funny. He could hardly put the book down. He doesn't like reading that much but I didn't have to tell him to read this book..he couldn't stop reading. He finished the book in 2 days! And then he read it again!He learnt lots of new things too. I decided to buy him the other 2 books aswell. His enjoying it so much. I wish there were more books like these.

“I really liked how many chapters it had and the story is really interesting. Omar did something quite naughty but in school he was actually quite good.” This is the review by my 7-year-old who absolutely loved reading this book. He has previously read Migo and Ali and now we are going ahead and getting all the books in the Omar series :)

PLANET OMAR ACCIDENTAL TROUBLE MAGNET is a book about a boy who is called Omar. His parents love science and his little brother Esa is annoying and so is his sister Maryam. The whole family are Muslim and go to Mosque but bad stuff happens there because of Esa. The story has an OK start but throughout the story it gets MUCH MUCH BETTER when Omar uses his imagination. It has its down grades but the book makes up for all of that with its story line.When Omar’s mom gets her dream job (which is probably a scientist) Omar and his family had to move to a new house. Omar didn’t like moving because there would be a new school and Omar didn’t want to move because he was REALLY worried.When they got to the new house it was better and not just better but MUCH better. The school was AWESOME and Omar liked it. He made a friend called Charlie but also mad a bully called Daniel. Charlie said not to go near Daniel.Throughout the story the ups and downs and middles and funny and sad happen but in the end a bit twist happens.Daniel and Omar and Charlie all become friends. :)I recommend this book to anyone that likes a plot twisting story and to people who think being different is bad.By Adam aged 8

My son enjoyed reading this

At first I was a little skeptical of this book, especially reading it in class. However, the children really enjoyed it and we got some really good pieces of writing out of it. Also the discussions behind it were great and they linked nicely with PSHE topics.

I purchased this book for my 7 year old daughter hoping she would start to have a love for reading as I have an 11 year old that doesn't like to read. Turns out this book is a true game changer as both my girls loved reading it and couldn't put it down. Their comments are "it's so funny the family are like us... the neighbour cracks me up!" It's so relatable that they can't put the book down, I brought the entire series including the world book day one. Shared this book with my friends 9 year old son (also does not like to read) he finished the book in less then a week! A note to the writer from the kids "please please write more stories, we are saving each book as we don't want them to run out so quickly" just amazing.

My 8 year old who like Tom Gates, Diary of a Wimpy Kid and such graphic novels, really enjoyed this book. But this is more wholesome and innocent than the Wimpy Kid, which i prefer.He was quite chuffed to see the hero being a Muslim, like himself.This book touches issues such as change, bullying and racism without going in great depth but in a way that is suitable for a primary school aged reader.I enjoyed reading it as part of our family read aloud.I read a review saying it was "frustrating" how Omar's parents are scientists yet they instruct him to "spit" to his side to dispel the effects of bad dreams. This comes from the example of prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing be upon him) who taught us how bad dreams are from Satan and his likes and how a certain supplication accompanied with the act of forcefully blowing in short bursts (not actual full on spit, it's hard to describe) will repel Satan. There is no contradiction here: one can be a scientist and have faith. In fact it is very appropriate that one who knows more about the way the natural and physical world works would have greater reverence for the One who created it.We were gutted to find we need to wait so long for the next Omar book!

Such a fun book with wonderful, interesting characters. My daughter could not put it down and has read it multiple times since. She found the story funny and relatable. It helped me cultivate an interest in reading for her. She soon had me order all the books in series and avidly looks forward to Omar’s next adventure:)

We love this book. My daughter did not let it down until she finished and I have read it with boys before bed for couple of nights. We all could not wait to read next chapter. Since the book two is not out yet, boys wanted to read it again, so now dad is reading it to them before bed.Highly recommend!

Wonderfully written and illustrated book. My 7 yr son loves it especially its illustration. Simply WoW!!! It is definately a must read for young ones. It will open new horizon of thinking. Once again, a big thank you to writers. Amazing job!

My almost 9 year old loved this book so much, she's forced me to purchase the series. It had her cackling the entire time and she finished it within a few hours.

My nephew devoured this book and can't wait for the next one.